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Conspiracy Theory and Environmentalism news:
Ten Most
Devastating Armies According to the
CIA and other Intelligence Services (European, Asian, African) this
is the tally - based on a Combination of Manpower, Technology,
Firepower, Training, Resources, Available Reserves, and Nuclear
Potential (Current or Likely): 1. USA 2. China
3. Germany 4. India 5. France 6. Russia
7. UK 8. Italy 9. Israel 10. Pakistan
Russia's faithful ice dippers fret at warm winter
Russia's faithful indulged on Friday in the annual Orthodox
tradition of plunging through ice holes into freezing water, but a
key ingredient was missing: it is not cold. But the warmest winter
in a generation has melted the ice and snow, leaving Russia's
faithful fretting about their traditional winter swim.
China's ecological protection level has failed. The country
ranked 100th out of 118 developing and developed countries in
China's Modernization Report 2007, the same ranking as the last
report in 2004. The ranking of "ecological modernization" were based
on 30 indicators, including carbon dioxide discharges, daily sewage
disposal rates, forest coverage and drinking water safety. The
central government announced eight economic priorities for 2007,
with environmental protection listed third after macro-economic
controls and agricultural development.
First Ladies Will Be Golden For the first time, the U.S. Mint is
dedicating a series of coins to the accomplishments of women -- the
nation's first ladies.
Bomb hoax rocks Christian radio Staff at Radio Pelita Kasih,
which airs religious songs and Christian teachings, received a bomb
threat early Saturday morning via a text message from an unknown
number. The police and bomb squad swept the station's building,
located inside the Suara Pembaruan office in Jl. Dewi Sartika, East
Jakarta.
Teenager jailed for killing to impress his friends Care worker
Charles Anokye was knifed at a Brixton nightclub A member of a
notorious street gang has been jailed for life after stabbing a care
worker to death in an attempt to impress his friends. Anwar Hussain,
17, part of the Muslim Boys gang, knifed care worker Charles Anokye
at a Brixton nightclub after the victim had accidentally hit another
gang member with his drink bottle, the Old Bailey heard.
Trafficking in human beings US State Department data “estimated
600,000 to 800,000 men, women, and children (are) trafficked across
international borders each year, approximately 80 percent are women
and girls and up to 50 percent are minors. The data also illustrate
that the majority of transnational victims are trafficked into
commercial sexual exploitation.” Due to the illegal nature of
trafficking and differences in methodology, the exact extent is
unknown.
